Emergency services were sent to the scene on State Highway 30 at about 5.30pm, and say the motorcyclist died at the scene.

Motorists are asked to delay travel or find a different route - diversions have been set up.

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15 Sep: Half a million dollars of assets relating to over five years worth of drug offending, will be utilised for Taranaki's fight against meth harm

15 Sep: The coroner is making recommendations to Maritime New Zealand after a 40-year-old's death on Taranaki's Waitara River

15 Sep: Hundreds of homes remain without power in Western Bay of Plenty and the Coromandel, following strong winds over the weekend

13 Sep: The Hawke's Bay men's NPC rugby team can now claim to be "the Bay"

13 Sep: Another narrow win for Waikato in rugby's NPC, after they pipped North Harbour 29-28 in Hamilton

12 Sep: Lima Sopoaga hs tipped two of his Waikato teammates as future All Blacks

12 Sep: Former All Black Lima Sopoaga has revealed his biggest piece of advice for his younger Waikato teammates, ahead of tonight's NPC encounter with North Harbour in Hamilton

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